What are cookies ?

Also known as browser cookies or tracking cookies, cookies are small, often encrypted text files, located in browser directories. They are used by web developers to help users navigate their web sites efficiently and perform certain functions. Due to their core role of enhancing/enabling usability or site processes, disabling cookies may prevent users from using certain web sites.

Cookies are created when a user's browser loads a particular web site. The web site sends information to the browser which then creates a text file. Every time the user goes back to the same web site, the browser retrieves and sends this file to the web site's server. Computer Cookies are created not just by the web site the user is browsing but also by other web sites that run ads, widgets, or other elements on the page being loaded. These cookies regulate how the ads appear or how the widgets and other elements function on the page.

What cookies do we use on www.thgr.co.uk ?

We use the following essential and performance based cookies on our web site:

JSESSIONID

This is an essential session cookie required to use the features of this web site. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser.

rememberme

The rememberme cookie is set by our web site if you wish the web site to remember your login details. This is set by ticking the "Remember me" checkbox on the login screen.

Google Analytics
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Google Analytics give us statistical information about visits to our web site. We use this information to make improvements to our web site by analysing this information. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.